MCO 3.0 Day 45: Jaden and his very first Kimchi Fried Rice
Jaden has to do a cooking video for his school homework and asked me what he should cook. I asked him to cook his favourite Kimchi fried rice, something quite easy to cook too. He said OK and asked me if I may guide him, ie his idea of “Mother and Son bonding time”.
He is actually quite fussy, wanting to do a good job.
Ingredients:
- 3 tbsp (20g) cooking oil
- 1/2 cups (40g) green onions, finely chop
- Meat: 2 sausages (65g) sliced thinly. ham, bacon or pork belly
- 1/3 tbsp (3g) sugar
- 1/2 tbsp (5g) soy sauce
- 1 cup (160g) kimchi, cut into bite sizes
- ¼ cup kimchi juice or water
- 3 cups of steamed rice
- 2-3 tablespoons gochujang or 1/3 tbsp (3g) fine red pepper powder
- 3 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
- Seaweed flakes
- 1 tablespoon roasted sesame seeds
- Fried eggs
Directions:
- Heat up a pan. Add the oil.
- Stir-fry the green onion and meat.
- When meats are golden, add soy sauce and keep frying.
- When the moisture is gone, add kimchi and stir-fry over low heat.
- Add kimchi juice or water if the seasonings are clumped.
- Once the seasonings are thoroughly mixed, add instant rice and break it up with a ladle.
- When the rice is all broken up, stir-fry over heat.
- Add gochujang or red pepper powder.
- Add sesame oil (signature ingredient in Korean food as seasoning and flavor enhancer)
- Remove from the heat. Scoop kimchi fried rice onto a plate.
- Sprinkle with chopped green onion, seaweed flake and sesame seeds.
- Top with a fried egg for a simple but perfect meal!
He had his Kimchi fried rice for lunch and said “Hmmm …. this is actually quite nice”.
